IN THE NEWS: Dave Fultz, president of the Players Fraternity, calls off a strike set to begin within the week. One of demands of the union was to abolish the ten-day clause, in which a team ceases to pay a injured player after he has been out of action for ten days. Organized Baseball officially severs relations with the union, leaving the players without representation.
IN THE NEWS: Smoky Joe Wood, his arm dead at 26, is sold by the Red Sox to Cleveland for $15,000. He will become an OF after one last, losing start on the mound, and will play five more years.